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... verse in America . Her first volume was published in England under the title , " The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America . " INCREASE MATHER ( 1638-1723 ) . Graduated at Harvard in 1656 ; took his M.A. degree at Trinity College ...
... verse in America . Her first volume was published in England under the title , " The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America . " INCREASE MATHER ( 1638-1723 ) . Graduated at Harvard in 1656 ; took his M.A. degree at Trinity College ...
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... verses are not always so smooth and elegant as some may desire or expect , . . . we have respected rather a plain translation than to smooth our verses with the sweet- ness of any paraphrase ; and so have attended conscience rather than ...
... verses are not always so smooth and elegant as some may desire or expect , . . . we have respected rather a plain translation than to smooth our verses with the sweet- ness of any paraphrase ; and so have attended conscience rather than ...
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... verse - makers were generally beggars . " But his literary instincts were not to be quenched ; and though he gave up poetry , he cultivated prose with great ardor . To increase his fluency , he was accustomed to engage in dis- cussion ...
... verse - makers were generally beggars . " But his literary instincts were not to be quenched ; and though he gave up poetry , he cultivated prose with great ardor . To increase his fluency , he was accustomed to engage in dis- cussion ...
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... verse in a different way . Literary activity was stimulated , and both poetry and prose were cultivated to an extraor- dinary degree . New forms of literature were devised to hold the rich fruitage everywhere at hand . The frigid FIRST ...
... verse in a different way . Literary activity was stimulated , and both poetry and prose were cultivated to an extraor- dinary degree . New forms of literature were devised to hold the rich fruitage everywhere at hand . The frigid FIRST ...
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... verses and childish plays . Two of his brothers had been sent to Columbia College . But his disinclination to methodical study deprived him of this privilege . Perhaps it was just as well ; for his genius was left freer to pursue its ...
... verses and childish plays . Two of his brothers had been sent to Columbia College . But his disinclination to methodical study deprived him of this privilege . Perhaps it was just as well ; for his genius was left freer to pursue its ...
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